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title: 075 – On The Road With Sallie!
description: "This week on WELSTech the topic is tech items to take along when you’re away from home. The discussion: Pack your bags  – With conference and vacation season upon us, many people are “on the road”. Whether you’re leaving home for work or play, Martin and Sallie discuss all the techie items you need to pack to […]"
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# [075 – On The Road With Sallie!](https://welstech.wels.org/2009/06/10/075-on-the-road-with-sallie)

 Written by [Sallie Draper](https://welstech.wels.org/author/sallie-draper) | Jun 10, 2009 5:00:39 AM

This week on WELSTech the topic is tech items to take along when you’re away from home.

[https://wels2.blob.core.windows.net/welstech/welstech-podcast-06-10-09.mp3](https://wels2.blob.core.windows.net/welstech/welstech-podcast-06-10-09.mp3)

Podcast: [Download](https://wels2.blob.core.windows.net/welstech/welstech-podcast-06-10-09.mp3) (20.0MB)

### The discussion:

Pack your bags  – With conference and vacation season upon us, many people are “on the road”. Whether you’re leaving home for work or play, Martin and Sallie discuss all the techie items you need to pack to stay connected.

- [Pogoplug](http://pogoplug.com/) – Connect your external hard drive to the internet for remote access

### New Technology Showcase:

- (17:09) [Bing](http://bing.com) – Microsoft search engine

### Picks of the week:

- (22:18) [Geocaching](http://geocaching.com) – World-wide treasure hunt 
    - [Geocaching iPhone app](https://www.geocaching.com/play)
    - [MN State Park Geocaching Wildlife Safari](https://files.dnr.state.mn.us/aboutdnr/reports/parks/impacts_of_geocaching_report.pdf)
- [iGoogle](http://igoogle.com) – Gadget driven home page

### Community feedback:

- (30:44) Following up on last week’s [backup discussion](https://welstech.wels.net/wpmu/2009/06/03/074-fry-your-pickles-back-up-your-data/) … 
    - Perry Lund recommends CrashPlan and [SuperDuper](http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html)
    - Jason Schmidt shared a link to Iomega’s [eGo USB hard drive](http://go.iomega.com/en-us/products/network-storage-desktop/network-hard-drive-ix2/?partner=4760)
    - Jeremy Johnson [commented on GParted](https://welstech.wels.net/wpmu/2009/06/03/074-fry-your-pickles-back-up-your-data/#comments) (read more in [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GParted) | [Download](http://gparted.sourceforge.net/))
- Pastor Dan Witte from Risen Savior in Lakewood Ranch, FL shared a resource page he created for studying God’s Word in the original languages
- Christopher Hintz is looking for information on curriculum mapping software solutions.  Stay tuned!
- Jason Schmidt tweeted to [#WELSTech](http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23welstech) about [Creaza.com](http://www.creaza.com) – a productivity site for kids

### Coming up on WELSTech:

(39:34) Episode 076 – The discussion of chapter 8 of Clay Shirky’s *[Here Comes Everybody](http://www.amazon.com/Here-Comes-Everybody-Organizing-Organizations/dp/1594201536/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1225813491&sr=1-1)* titled “Solving Social Dilemmas” will look at the increasing difficulty of getting people together

### The featured artist:

(41:05) This week we close with music of WELS instrumentalist In His Service ([www.adagioconcepts.com](http://www.adagioconcepts.com/)) – *Lost In The Night* from their CD titled “In His Time”

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